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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9434
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/ukraine

EU welcomes agreement on early elections

Brussels, 29/05/2007 (Agence Europe) - In a statement on 27 May, the German presidency welcomed the agreement between President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich to hold parliamentary elections in Ukraine on 30 September 2007. This agreement, which was reached on Sunday, should end the tensions between the two Ukrainian leaders, which threatened to degenerate following the mobilisation of Interior Ministry forces at the end of last week. Their stand-off had lasted since...

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